On the night of March 13 to 14, Israeli settlers militia carried out a pogrom in the community of Khirbet Al-Marajim,in the southeast of Nablus near Duma.

• They burned 3 Palestinian homes, belonging to citizens Khaled Daoud, Nasim Muslim, and Nayef Muslim, some with family trapped inside.

• They set fire to the house of Qutaiba Muslim, a Palestinian man just released from Israeli prison after 25 years.

• They burned 2 vehicles belonging to Nayef Muslim

• Worse still, settlers abducted two children, a 4-month-old and a 1.5-year-old. Locals managed to rescue the children.

• According to the head of Doma’s council, Suleiman Dawabsha, the Israeli declared Khirbet Al-Marajim a closed military zone, and prevented the residents of Doma from offering help to the residents of the village.

• They closed the roads connecting Doma to Khirbet al-Marajim and fired live ammunition, tear gas, and sound bombs towards residents who attempted to reach the burning homes to extinguish the flames protecting the settlers.

Previous violent events

The village has been for several years a target of attacks by colonists tighter with the occupying forces. Duma has repeatedly been targeted by violent settler attacks. On July 31, 2015, Israeli settlers firebombed a Palestinian family home in the village, killing three people. 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh was burned alive, while both his parents succumbed to their injuries within weeks.